lomekian
Essays are my thing
Never thought Crowley would make it to be honest. Hutchinson I had high hopes for, but even before his move, he started increasingly playing 'look at me hero ball' - if you can't use your teammates you won't cut it at this level, and his play became more selfish as the season progressed. Him going to Chelsea looked stupid and has all but been proven as such. Quite why you'd go from a club with only 2 ahead of you in the pecking order to one with 4 or 5, with a history of big money signings and wasting youth talent is beyond me. He likely wold have got more minutes here to be honest. Chukwuemeka would have more looks here too looking at his type and position.People absolutely loved Dan Crowley. I didn't think he was quite as good as others did but I thought highly enough of him that I thought he was talented and had a shot. He was like a Ben Cottrell. Scrappy but technical. Had a bit of flair but not much substance in the end. A very good punt at the time that didn't quite pay off. Remember the first couple seasons we all thought he was super promising.
I really wish we were able to nab Chukwuemeka but he might be in danger of ending up in the abyss too, all because he made that silly move to Chelsea! Penny for Hutchinsons thoughts too - I hope he at least got paid nice
As for Ethan, if he goes to Man City, it strikes me as either the height of stupidity or under the counter dosh again, because they've a brilliant youth set up and haven't given much of a look to them, and have a model of buying elite players to sit their bench. Arsenal will always give some kids chances because they can't financially not, but City & Chavski don't have to given chances to anyone unless a) transfer ban or b) Foden level talent.
Again I could understand if 18 or 19 and not had a look in, or going to much better training environment, or going to a club like Dortmund whose whole model is to give elite kids chances early. But uprooting your life to go to a similarly sized club, with no real youth usage model is odd, particularly when the club you leave has made you the youngest debutant in the hardest league in the world, and is fast tracking you through their system. If he stays lets hope he kicks on, and if he leaves for the ££ lets hope he becomes yet another cautionary tale to add to the huge list out there.